QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS AROUND BHIKNOOR REGION, KAMAREDDY DISTRICTTHEIR RESPECTIVE GRADES AND MARKET POTENTIAL

Quartz and Feldspar minerals, find extensive use in Ceramic & Glass Industries and to a few extents in Ramming Mass Industries and Cement Industries. There are number of economically viable working Mines of Quartz and Feldspar around Bhiknoor Region. Being rich in Alkalis (K2O+Na2O in the range of 13-14%) and having lower Fe2O3 percentage (less than 0.10%), the minerals (Quartz and Feldspar) from these region, are being extensively Mined, Processed and Transported to different end users, in domestic, as well as in International Market. Domestic consumers include RAK Ceramics, Aparna Ceramics, Johnson & Johnson Company, H& R Johnson, Sentini Ceramics, Segno Ceramics. Cement Industries in and around Guntur and Nalgonda, procure B grade Feldspar in lumps form (20-100 mm), from the working Mines in Bhiknoor Region. Quartz (A & B Grade), finds its use in Glass Industries and Ferro alloy Industries. Quartz (C-grade) is used as Ramming Mass. Feldspar is being exported in Lumps as well as Powder form, to countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Iran, South Korea, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Turkey. Quartz is being exported in lumps as well as powder form to Malaysia and some of the other South Eastern Asian Countries. The major ports from which exports are being carried out include Chennai, Krishnapatnam andKakinada